This. They’re more widely pissed off at the status quo because they never had the future that millenials were tricked into believing but received scraps for. Now the scraps are all gone and gen z knows it.
Socialists like Mamdani give an actual hopeful future with a real tangible promise.
The ones who voted for trump didn’t have that at the time and were faced with forever status quo of insufficiently paid debt servitude, or try something. Even if it just breaks everything there’s at least a chance for a better future in the aftermath.
I’m not saying there’s a shortage of fascist gen z, but there is absolutely a shortage of better options in politics. I hope we see more unapologetic socialists like Mamdani. I’m happy to bet the vote would swing amongst gen Z significantly even in deep right territory.
It’s not a crazy idea to group people born around a certain year range together. There’s a lot of shared experiences and often similar outlooks. The boundaries between these groups are a little stupid though.
It’s also a useful tool to understand how global events affect people in different parts of life. Often quoted is a gen z divide that is missing in other generations. I think this was caused because of when covid hit during their lives. A difference of a couple years made a big difference where the younger half leaned hard right and the older half leaned left.
Gen Z is also more receptive of Socialism
Its how Mamdani won
This. They’re more widely pissed off at the status quo because they never had the future that millenials were tricked into believing but received scraps for. Now the scraps are all gone and gen z knows it.
Socialists like Mamdani give an actual hopeful future with a real tangible promise.
The ones who voted for trump didn’t have that at the time and were faced with forever status quo of insufficiently paid debt servitude, or try something. Even if it just breaks everything there’s at least a chance for a better future in the aftermath.
I’m not saying there’s a shortage of fascist gen z, but there is absolutely a shortage of better options in politics. I hope we see more unapologetic socialists like Mamdani. I’m happy to bet the vote would swing amongst gen Z significantly even in deep right territory.
in NYC, but in general they may go for trump.
It’s almost like an entire generation isn’t just one person. Maybe “generations” is just another made up thing used to divide people?
It’s not a crazy idea to group people born around a certain year range together. There’s a lot of shared experiences and often similar outlooks. The boundaries between these groups are a little stupid though.
It’s also a useful tool to understand how global events affect people in different parts of life. Often quoted is a gen z divide that is missing in other generations. I think this was caused because of when covid hit during their lives. A difference of a couple years made a big difference where the younger half leaned hard right and the older half leaned left.